to age; to get old; to be too grown-up (for one's age); to be precocious; to become twisted; to become warped
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
miso lees; miso strainings; worthless thing; good-for-nothing; child who is left out of games; child who is made light of
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)
body tissue; body composition
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
giving up; quitting; surrendering
unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead
lapse of memory; (something) slipping one's mind; forgetting for a moment something one knows well
Sparta (ancient Greek city-state); hard education; hard training; strict; severe
along the road; along the way
way of dealing with someone; attitude
principle of laissez-faire
targeting; aiming at a specific target; selective hitting; swinging only at certain types of pitches; having no choice in a move (in mahjong, go, etc.)
emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; ritual exchange of cups (to seal a bond or pledge)
to be rearranged; to be moved (around); to be changed; to be replaced; to be exchanged; to be switched
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
underside; undersurface; inferior surface
to be set up (completely); to be put together; to be composed (e.g. type)
hot (e.g. from the oven); steaming (from the pot); fresh; fresh (e.g. out of university); new (e.g. married couple)
cotton gloves; working gloves
sounds good; sure thing; no problem
catwalk (narrow walkway above a stage, along the side of a bridge, etc.); (indoor) cat playground; cat shelves; catwalk (at a fashion show); runway
ray (any fish of superorder Batoidea)
gourd-shaped war fan; referee's fan; stratagem; tactics
top-heavy; big-headed; overly-theoretical
to beat around the bush; to not speak frankly; to talk in a roundabout way
horsepower; hp; energy; vitality; horse-drawn cart
straight-line stability (of a vehicle); directional stability; straight-line propagation (e.g. of light or sound); straightness
to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting
to get the hang of; to learn the secret to
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
synthetic fiber; synthetic fibre; chemical fiber; chemical fibre